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Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Boys In Ballet

Arianna Prothero — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

If you ask someone to name a valuable commodity, they may say gold, or oil. Ask someone in ballet the same question, and there’s good chance they’ll say boys.

Most ballets have almost equal part male and female roles. But in the U.S., boys who want to do ballet are hard to come by.

For that reason boys often receive full scholarships to ballet schools and other forms of special treatment in order to attract them to the profession.

Former principal dancer with New York City Ballet Philip Neal was one of those boys.

Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler Covers The World Of Dance, In Eight Minutes Or Less

Neil de la Flor — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:41:00 +0000

The Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler was a mixed bag of performances that introduced audiences to contemporary dance, ballet, new flamenco and traditional African dance forms. The performances, billed as six- to eight-minute samplers, highlighted the scope of dance talent that exists in Miami. Produced by Dance NOW! Miami and Miami Dance Futures, the goal of the sampler is to give local talent exposure and to expose audiences to dance forms that they wouldn’t normally seek out.

Virginia Key Grassroots Fest, pianist Valentine Lisitsa, Oscar Preview and Friends of Chamber Music

Ed Bell and Paul Leary — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000

VIDEO: A Hip Hop Symphony? Pablo Malco Shows South Florida Kids They Can Fulfill Their Visions

Tricia Woolfenden — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Pablo Malco, born in Brooklyn and raised just outside of Houston, always felt like something of "a misfit" in his youth. His parents are from the West Indies/Trinidad and even when he moved to southern California at the age of 16, he struggled to find a community with the diversity he craved.

What Broward And Palm Beach Ballet-Goers Can Expect From Miami City Ballet's New Program

Arianna Prothero — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Miami City Ballet’s Program II: Tradition and Innovation opens in Fort Lauderdale Friday evening at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts before it heads to West Palm Beach the following weekend.

After The Haiti Earthquake, Fabienne Jean Dances Again

Jacob Kushner — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

All this week we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti three years ago. A prosthetic technician from Boston helped Fabienne get a replacement leg.

He hoped to help her recover in other ways too: to start a business, buy a house and open up a dance studio.

Talented Young Artists Flock To Miami For YoungArts Week

Arianna Prothero — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:09:07 +0000

About 150 talented, young artists from across the country are in Miami this week to hone their skills through classes and performances.

They were chosen from a pool of 10,000 applicants to take part in the 32^nd annual YoungArts Week. Twenty of the participants are from Florida.

Taking The plunge

Alicia Zuckerman — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:00:36 +0000

Momentum Dance Company performs water ballet in two pools at the National Hotel tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public. It should last about half an hour. The event is part of the Miami Dance Festival.